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Martínez Flor, Alicia (Date of defense: 2004-12-16)
This dissertation investigates the effects of instruction on the acquisition of pragmatic competence in the classroom setting, and specifically in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom. In particular, we examine ...
Guzmán Alcón, Irene (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
The study examines how the intensity of CLIL programmes and out of school activities influence students’ communicative appropriateness in writing from a multilingual perspective. It follows a mixed-method research approach, ...
Nightingale, Richard (Date of defense: 2016-11-21)
Esta tesis analiza las actitudes lingüísticas de los adolescentes multilingües en función de su contacto con los idiomas a través de los medios de comunicación. El estudio utiliza la teoría de Sistemas Dinámicos y Complejos ...
López Cruz, Laura (Date of defense: 2016-05-18)
La adenosina es un neuromodulador del sistema nervioso central involucrado en numerosos procesos y que actúa principalmente en dos tipos de receptores adenosinérgicos (A1 y A2A). La cafeína es una metilxantina que actúa ...
Luttinger, Shlomi (Date of defense: 2022-12-15)
This comprehensive study uses mixed methods research. The study reveals how each of the “participants” in group health insurance arrangements interpret the term “faith and diligence” and how they perceive an employer’s ...
Gargallo Camarillas, Noelia (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)
The integration of new media technologies in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom has contributed to the evolution of the 21st century educational system towards multimodal communication. This doctoral ...
Ciola, Emanuele (Date of defense: 2019-03-14)
The main purpose of this thesis is to extend the theoretical knowledge on the relationship between the financial and the real sectors. Speciffically, we investigate how the allocation of capital affects the dynamics of ...
Walker, Jordi Ortet (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)
Short questionnaires assessing personality traits are lacking, especially in youth. Our aim was to cover the need for psychometrically sound, brief tools of FFM and “dark” personality. To this end, four studies were carried ...
Etkin, Paula (Date of defense: 2021-06-16)
This work aimed to study the structure of psychopathology in adolescents, its associations with the Five-Factor Model of personality, the convergence between a general factor of psychopathology (p) and a general factor of ...
Flor Arasil, Patricia (Date of defense: 2022-05-26)
The COVID-19 lockdown that struck Spain during March 2020 ended up with a period of 60 days of lockdown, a natural context where to study the effects of isolation or its feeling. It is known that long periods of isolation ...
Lopes Clark, Liliane (Date of defense: 2022-09-11)
This study conducted in the USA investigated the parental migration impact on the emotional health of Brazilian left behind children. Fifty individuals participated. The mean separation time found was 7.33 years. The ...
Wu, Minzhi (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
Over the past decade, the emergence of FinTech has reshaped the landscape of the financial sector worldwide. Although there are several alternative approaches to defining FinTech, a worldwide and generally accepted definition, ...
González Ferriz, Fernando (Date of defense: 2018-10-03)
This thesis pretends to determine the variables that have an influence on the export performance of Spanish companies in the fashion sector. To do so, a special attention has been paid to new marketing approaches, considering ...
Bijlsma, Lubertus (Date of defense: 2014-11-28)
La investigación de drogas ilícitas (IDs) en aguas se ha convertido en tema de actualidad en los últimos años. Las IDs pueden entrar en las aguas residuales, inalteradas o como metabolitos, después de su consumo y excreción. ...
Caferra, Rocco (Date of defense: 2022-03-21)
This thesis proposes a series of experimental and empirical works considering traders from "isolate atoms" to heterogeneous "interacting particles" operating into the marketplace. Part I discusses the risk propensity of ...
Santamaria Dávila, Jordi (Date of defense: 2019-07-16)
This thesis is a methodological exploration to achieve the integration of methods through psychological research on gender, exploring different controversial topics currently reflected by psychology of gender using diverse ...
Jáuregui Sánchez, Yessenia (Date of defense: 2019-07-19)
Imaging through scattering media has been a longstanding issue in many scientific fields and several optical techniques have emerged to retrieve the information of objects hidden in highly scattering media. Single-pixel ...
Flor Fabregat, Nuria (Date of defense: 2022-04-04)
Even though some prepositions may appear similar in meaning to others, slight and subtle nuances exist. Thus, exploring the contrasts in their senses is fundamental to developing a description of these distinct meanings. ...
Díaz García, Amanda (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)
The general objective of the present dissertation was to analyze, in a randomized controlled study, the efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet-based treatment for emotional disorders (ED) in a community sample. This study ...
Vera Perea, María (Date of defense: 2010-09-27)
El objetivo de esta tesis ha sido examinar el importante papel desempeñado por las creencias de eficacia dentro de una profesión determinada, como es la enseñanza. Además, y con el Modelo Demandas-Recursos Laborales (D-RL) ...